"Struggle session" has an entirely different meaning when you are out in the muddy chicken pen in the dark without your coat in the rain trying to figure out why the chickens won't go into their house even tho it's pitch dark and the light is on in the chicken house and the auto door keeps trying to close while you are frantically trying to reprogram it by a sketchy head lamp with it's battery dying....

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#CastIron #SeasoningPuck Recipe with #BeefTallow

by Jamie Satterwaite | Nov 10, 2024

"Creating your own seasoning puck for cast iron cookware is a fantastic way to maintain and enhance the non-stick surface of your pans. This recipe combines the richness of beef tallow with the drying properties of castor oil to form a durable and effective seasoning layer."

Ingredients

3 oz beef tallow
1 oz castor oil
1 oz beeswax pellets or grated beeswax (for a harder, more solid puck)

Equipment Needed

Double boiler or a heat-safe bowl and saucepan
Mixing utensil (spoon or spatula)
Silicone molds or ice cube trays
Parchment paper (optional)
Airtight container for storage

Learn more:
https://threelittlegoats.com/cast-iron-seasoning-puck-recipe-with-beef-tallow/

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The fill dirt from digging out the foundation is back in place now. After this next rain I will adjust it as it settles and then it's the perfect time to seed some local wildflowers so they can cold stratify! Now it's back to focusing on the trim and windows for the workshop which is so close to finished!!

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Pasturing coturnix quail: tractor iteration no. 3.

We modified the width from 4' to 2' which makes accessing the quail, food, water, etc much more comfortable. It also reduces how open the lid has to be to access these things which greatly reduces the "fly out" zone.

As much as we didn't want to add hardware cloth to the bottom it has made moving them much easier and safer. There was essentially no other way to pasture them because of how irregular the ground in our pasture is. They can no longer escape underneath or get bumped when being moved. All we do to move the tractor now is pick it up a few inches and set it back down. The quail seem very comfortable (eating, preening, napping, socializing) in this setup and are still able to catch insects and pick at forage.

We added two 5 gallon upside down totes, one in each end with a hole cut out and straw packed inside. They absolutely love those and are constantly coming and going from them.

The next upgrade will be a feeder with quail-sized ports that reduce the amount of feed waste, and perhaps trying a different container that can be mounted along the wall rather than hanging. The rubber water dish is for the winter season (freezing) but normally they use a nipple waterer. I'll also add a dirt bath tray so they can toss about in that as they please.

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just sewed my broken shoulder strap back on my waterproof leggings for my son to do yardwork in #homesteading

🤦: my nana watching from heaven as i make an absolute pigs ear of it, use a pre-threaded repair kit needle from a hotel convenience kit, AND manage to stick myself no less than 10 times with the needle

Preparing strawberry planters #077

https://video.katehildenbrand.com/w/7xnNNDdGtNufxAgL9EXBgT

Tractor wash!

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EDIT: car insurance is now only 1 month behind instead of 3! Let's see what else we can do to improve this situation, fedi!

Atha is bureaucratically and politically disabled from getting a job for a while.
Inamruzui is partly disabled by POTS and sleep issues. Employment is not a simple matter for them to arrange.

Atha was at the food bank yesterday and was given two small shopping bags of canned and dried food for hir and Inamruzui to last a month. Let's raise some funds for the rest of their grocery needs! $300 might be a good start for that.

Let's take another chunk out of Atha's debts! The IRS is being ass, cranking up its non-payment fees. They alone want $860ish. The rest of this part of the request goes to credit cards and car loan and car insurance, with any small change for food.
#MUTUALAID #URGENTMUTUALAID
$373.98/$2500 for debts and bills this week!

Then there's the matter of solar batteries: the #Vulpibus systems struggle to store enough energy to keep running overnight in winter.
We need to get them AT LEAST 2 more (ideally 10 more) batteries at around $250 a pop. So $500 (ideally $2500)
Any small change from that goes to cable crimps and mounting hardware.
They also need battery insulation and heaters!

Then there's the matter of insulating more of the bus itself. Not only is the insulation itself needed, so is something to hold it all in place. A layer of thin plywood would be good. Also not a cheap matter.

The bus grows heavier as more is added to it, so care needs to be taken to choose lightweight but sturdy things to fit.

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